Applying Feminist and Psychoanalytical Lenses to the Birth of the Monster in Frankenstein

This literary analysis explores the themes and main ideas of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and finds the text still relevant to today's prejudices. Using a feminist lens and a psychoanalysis lens, the student argues that the creation of the monster comments on the devaluing of women's reproductive work.

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"You introduce a number of interesting reads and interpretations to this text, and your use of the two lenses is consistent throughout the essay, keeping the focus on analysis over summary. Overall, this shows good control of the text and the critical project. I found the feminist discussion in the body to take a different direction than is alluded to in the introduction, which seems to describe a psychoanalytical approach ("unresolved relationship..."). Can you double-check this and make sure this best signposts your later discussion of that particular topic?

As you move forward, I recommend focusing on tightening up argumentation and cleaning up some lower-order concerns. As regards argumentation, I found some of the paragraphs to wander a bit due to occasional redundancies. One example would be in the middle of the conclusion, where "Some of the gender roles..." and "There are many parallels..." could probably be fused and streamlined into a single, more efficient sentence. (On the other hand, the introduction may be a tad too efficient -- take a second to tell us who "Victor" is, even if it's just a reminder of his full name and role in the novel, i.e., protagonist.) In terms of lower-order concerns, let's stay in the introductory paragraph for another moment: I spot an erroneous semicolon and incorrect capitalization (id) -- that is, minor errors that will be easy to clean up via a thorough proofread.

My final note is in integrating your evidence from the text: make sure the quotations are embedded in your own prose -- don't let them stand as their own sentences."

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